> > Hi Joost > As a native English speaker I have never heard the term Hollow Way, > however reading the description it seems that this proposal is describing > what is called a Sunken Lane. > > I would avoid cutting as that implies something that has been cut > deliberately for the construction of a motorway, railway or canal etc. >
+1 I have never seen the term hollow_way either. Dave On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Andy Townsend <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19/02/2018 09:00, Philip Barnes wrote: > >> Hi Joost >> As a native English speaker I have never heard the term Hollow Way, >> however reading the description it seems that this proposal is describing >> what is called a Sunken Lane. >> >> I would avoid cutting as that implies something that has been cut >> deliberately for the construction of a motorway, railway or canal etc. >> > > The map https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/historic=hollow_way#map > suggests that it's been used in Germany by people who think it's an English > term. > > It's not really used at all in modern English - there are a few placenames > called "Holloway" (the one in Derbyshire might be named after the top bit > of https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/127047259 ) so it doesn't really > make sense to "approve" it as a tag. If people want to use it locally - > fine - and if renderers locally want to use it also fine (under the "any > tags you like" principle). > > Best Regards, > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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